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Flying with Babies: Things I’ve Learned from 52 flights

September 4, 2010
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About once every other week I get an email from a friend asking questions about baby traveling advice– what to pack, what to expect, and the like. So I’ve compiled some tried-and-true advice from my [3] years of experience. 3 years doesn’t sound like a whole lot of experience, but if you break it down [...]

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How to NOT fly gracefully with babies

December 7, 2009
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Because I’ve been sought after as a sort of “traveling with babies guru” I like to keep people informed of ways to make traveling easier with little ones. So I made some mental notes of my most recent experience. For the record, these were Flights #39 and 40 I’ve taken with a rugrat. To celebrate [...]

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“We all done with airplane now, Mommy?”

August 6, 2009

After 22 hours of travel time, yes we are! Thank you for praying for us! Many airline personnel and other passengers helped us with our luggage and carry-ons. Our flights were relatively easy with minimal “Are we there yet” meltdowns. Norah is still congested but she survived the flying without any major problems. All the [...]

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The Int’l Flight Diaper Bag

August 4, 2009
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It has taken many a flight for me to figure out what I need and don’t need on the airplane to take care of my babies. The lighter and smaller the diaper bag the better– especially when you are hauling your carry-on (if you have a personal one), your child(ren), and any carseats on board. [...]

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Flying with famous people

July 17, 2009

I was just telling my husband the other day that I think I’ve hit my lifetime quota of meeting famous people. The peak of awesomeness for me was serving cereal to Bono and the rest of U2 back in 1998 when I worked at a hotel. Today my luck changed… I wheeled the girls up [...]

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Flights #31 & #32

July 13, 2009

That’s not the number of the flights I took today to visit my new niece, that’s the new total number of flights I have taken my child(ren) on. I think that makes me pretty close to a Jedi Knight in terms of traveling with babies. When I hit Flight #100 I will declare myself a [...]

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“Oh oh oh! Heyyo?”

June 20, 2009

Our new friend Rachelle taught Pumpkin proper etiquette for answering the phone. This game can go on forever if you let it. You just have to pick up your imaginary phone also and listen closely for whatever juicy gossip Pumpkin wants to share with you.

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